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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
3
Chicago market mixed as corn slides on embargo drag while demand fails to rebound. Oats and hog provisions move with weak corn, with regional price quotes and weekly receipts showing cautious activity across Minneapolis Duluth Kansas City and St Louis markets.
Livestock market roundup with receipts and price ranges across Chicago and several midwestern towns. Cattle, hogs, and sheep listings show fluctuating value by weight, with mixed and heavy hogs leading gains in some markets and steady sheep demand in others. Key entities include Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, and Sioux City markets with varied figures for receipts and animal types.
The report notes reduced short interest in corn with price activity subdued amid no urgent demands. Oats show weakening December deliveries and potential declines as cash demand remains muted. Stocks gain a firmer tone with broader demand and irregular price advances, aided by a favorable tax listing ruling affecting certain securities.
Hog prices held steady in a Friday market as six teen loads of farm products arrived at the city square. Hay and grain lots were priced per ton or per bushel with mixed hay at 26 to 27 dollars per ton, timothy hay at 27.50, corn at 1.20 to 1.25 per bushel, oats at TU cents, and wheat straw at 8.60 per ton.
Local markets list prices paid by mills and for hogs, corn, hay, and bran. Figures include corn at 1.50 to 1.69 per bushel, new corn 1.10, bale hay around 20 to 26, mill product prices for bran 1.05 per cwt and wheat 2 15, various feeds and commodities priced per cwt or per bushel, plus hogs by weight and poultry quotes from regional stockyards. Also notes corrected daily by Anck Brothers, with assorted hides and pelts pricing.
Seed prices listed for rye, barley and various clover and timothy in Chicago and Toledo on December 22. Prime cash and future Dec Jan Feb March quotations shown for clover and timothy seed, with bond coupon references and currency notations appended.
New York stock market rose on optimistic speculation that a future government loan may be delayed, with rails and leading industrials reaching high levels before a holiday postponement of rail action was announced. Volume 650000 shares. Bond sales totaled 5.375 million par value.
New York reports butter steady with creamery and extras up, eggs unsettled with varied firsts and seconds, cheese steady with multiple grade distinctions, and live poultry firm with differing weights. Kansas City notes butter creamery and egg price shifts, while Chicago lists unsettled butter and mixed egg figures. Raw sugar in New York remains steady amid refined trends. St Louis offers store-level price quotes across dairy, cheese, and meat categories with broad per pound and per dozen ranges.
Dec 22 St Louis reports weak hides receipts and sluggish tanning demand. Wet salted hides priced per pound with varied grades, dry hides lower, horse hides at 5.50 for small, 4.50 for No 2, glue stock 1.60. Sheep pelts and clear skins quoted by grade with small glue values.
East St. Louis market reports mixed horse values with heavy draft at around 120 to 165 dollars and southern horses from 40 to 120 dollars. Mules show little change week to week with small declines for large good-nile stock and prices listed by head and hand measures across sizes.
Charles Adams James died at 5:33 am Friday at his East Main Street home in Carthage after a four week typhoid illness. He was 48, born January 12, 1869 near Marceline, practiced law in Quincy and Augusta, then served as Hancock County judge from 1906. He married Fay Sammin in 1899 and leaves a daughter Dorothy, wife, two sisters, and two brothers. Funeral Sunday at the Christian church, Moss Ridge cemetery under Masonic auspices.
The market advanced in Friday trading led by industrials amid railroad crisis uncertainty. Short covering and new buying appeared, but investors await Washington’s clear plan to protect investors and dividends before a sustained trend can emerge.
Receipts of hay are moderate and prices steady for timothy and light clover mixed. Prairie hay remains strong with active demand while alfalfa holds at good No 1 to choice but quiet on lower grades. Straw scarce and in demand with varied quoted ranges for timothy, clover, and alfalfa products.
Cradstreet's reports show government requirements tightening, cold weather boosting retail trade and holiday buying, and frequent fuel and car shortages hindering industrial plants. Labor shortages and bad weather slow output, while non-war production quiets amid inventorying and shift from non essentials. New York coffee prices firm at 7% for Ties and 4% for Santos.
Clayton and Quincy residents appear in a string of social calls and travel updates. Mrs C H Nethercutt and Mrs P M Owens visit. Mrs Karl Boller of Denton joins J H Shank family. J R Moffett makes a business trip. Lloyd House returns from Bluffs for a Pleasant visit. Everett D Gibson returns from Philadelphia and heads to Chicago for postal work. Emma Purpus shops in Quincy. Wish school invites a masquerade for High schoolers. Roscoe Smith helps with Keokuk and Bluffs run. Everett Miller visits home before a Chicago run to Chillicothe. Home Guards meet midweek. Private Elizara Carpenter on ten-day furlough from Camp Dodge. Commercial club hosts a luncheon. J E Kirkpatrick returns from hospital care in Quincy. Students away at school expect home this week. Christmas vacation from Dec 21 to Jan 2, 1918. American Can Co rep visits Clayton for can contract. Fancy Work Club to meet with Mrs Josephine Shank for grab bag. W T K club elects officers: Mrs Billa Veach president. Mrs W H Brewster vice president. Mrs J H Shank secretary. Mrs W E Craig treasurer. Miss Grave Bruce critic.
In Pittsfield Illinois the Sunday school choirs from Methodists Lutherans and Christians plan elaborate Christmas Eve programs. Attendee notices include Mrs A V Wills hosting the Woman's Christian Temperance Union next Wednesday. County Clerk W Binns reports tax rates for Pittsfield at 6.00, Griggsville 6.34, Burry 4.63 and Perry 6.91 with tax books due for township collectors around January 10. Other items note travels health and visits of locals, a gift flag presentation to public schools by the Woman's Relief Corps, Prof Jesse M Seniff returning from evangelistic work, Pike County Mutual Life officers for next year, and a planned installation in January.
A Christmas day matinee at the Oakley motion picture theater offers free admission for all city children. Judge Higbee has funded this entertainment for several years to benefit the community youngsters.
Dora Taylor of Moreland Oklahoma visits brother William in the city this week. Mrs John Beall visits her son Charles in Jacksonville Missouri at the start of the week. Thomas Beatty returning from Tennessee after months away visits his daughter. Forest Hill, once on a California ranch, has returned home. Mrs Nettle Moore of La Belle visits sisters here over Sunday and leaves Monday. W F Snyder of Oklahoma visits father in law G P Mord Tuesday. George Lewis of Manhattan Montana visits local friends early this week. Frank Doze, formerly of this place now in Iowa, was a railer here briefly. Mrs ROOT McClanahan of Granby Missouri visits daughter Julia Boliner in the city.
Edina MO residents share news of Dawson Fowler enlisting in the quartermaster corps, Leo Collins joining the navy and other local movements. The Gibson Produce Co moved 3,000 rabbits. A Christmas visit pattern includes Kansas City and St Louis. A high school program raised Red Cross funds, featuring multiple acts and a large audience.
Hull village brief lists residents visiting relatives in Quincy and Indiana, with several moving or returning. Mrs Lucy Kenady visits relatives in Quincy this week, while Miss Trueblood plans a Indiana visit. Chas Dunning buys a new poultry location and will move next week. Mrs Lotta Fletcher undergoes Mayo Clinic treatment in Rochester, Minnesota. Jennie Spastie Rigby returns to Los Angeles after a stay. Ellen Eaker returns from Belleflower, Illinois, where she worked the summer. The Methodist church to reopen Christmas. Sprague and M G appear before Pittsfield exemption board.
Prof Garum received a car load of machinery for his roller mill. Dalley and Abner opened a restaurant in the Hawkins building. Dan Harshman sold his farm near Lake Village Arkansas and has returned to Hull. Our basketball team plays Quincy Saturday night.
London dispatch reports the British war office stating that three hostile planes were downed in air combat in France on Wednesday, two more were driven down out of control, and one British aircraft is missing.
Old fashioned liniment claims instant relief for rheumatism joints and muscle pain. Promotes rub on effect with no skin burning and suitable for sciatica neuralgia lumbago backache sprains, urging trial bottle from drug stores.
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